Corvideus comments on 2012 Survey Results - Less Wrong

80 Post author: Yvain 07 December 2012 09:04PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 09 December 2012 01:02:16PM *  2 points [-]

There was a strong effect of LW exposure: 57% of those in the top third chose Drug A vs. only 44% of those in the bottom third.

I think this might just be due to the fact that the meme that “time is money” has been repeatedly expounded on LW, rather than long-time LWers are less prone to the decoy effect. All the rot13ed discussions about that question immediately identified Drug C as a decoy and focused on whether a low-income person should be willing to pay $12.50 to be spared a three-hour headache, with a sizeable minority arguing that they shouldn't. I'd look at the income and country of people who chose each drug -- I guess the main effect is what each responded took “low income” to mean.

Comment author: Corvideus 10 December 2012 08:11:17AM 0 points [-]

I guess the main effect is what each responded took “low income” to mean.

Exactly. In South Africa that $350 could represent 16% or more of a possible yearly salary in some of our poorer areas.